USA UN Security Council criticises US over military operation in Venezuela Several countries voiced their objection to the US’ dramatic military operation in Venezuela on Saturday which secured Nicolas Maduro's capture in an emergency UN Security Council session on Monday. 06/01/2026
Tech News Nvidia and Boston Dynamics advance robotics and autonomous driving Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time, marking it as no longer a prototype. And Nvidia expects autonomous driving to hit roads soon. 06/01/2026
Tech News LEGO just brought out a smart brick, unlocking new generation of play Here's everything to know about LEGO's new smart brick, which will first come to its Star Wars series. 05/01/2026
USA Suspect arrested for vandalising US Vice President JD Vance's home The home, in the Walnut Hills neighbourhood overlooking the city, was unoccupied at the time and Vance and his family were back in Washington, Vance said. 05/01/2026
Tech News Elon Musk’s Grok under fire for making sexually explicit AI deepfakes Elon Musk’s xAI is facing backlash as its chatbot Grok, a key feature on social media platform X, repeatedly generated sexually explicit images of women and minors. 05/01/2026
USA Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs charges in first US court appearance Maduro's lawyers are expected to contest the legality of his arrest, arguing that he is immune from prosecution as a sovereign head of state. 05/01/2026
No Comment AI takes center stage at Consumer Electronics Show 2026 in Las Vegas The CES 2026 in Las Vegas highlights AI in daily gadgets like learning robots and smart kitchen tools, with 4,000 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors. 05/01/2026
No Comment 81,796 toys collected at Hershey's teddy bear toss Fans of the Hershey Bears threw 81,796 stuffed toys onto the ice for charity, halting play briefly. Hershey won 5-2, with the event donating to over 60 local charities. 05/01/2026
USA Trump says Ukraine did not target Putin's residence as Russia claims The US president said that following a US probe into Kremlin allegations, officials found that Ukraine did not launch an attack targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region. 05/01/2026
USA Rubio: US to enforce oil blockade but not govern Venezuela post-Maduro US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that Washington will seek to influence policy change in Venezuela through oil blockades, but not be involved in the day-to-day running of the country following a Saturday operation which overthrew and captured Nicolas Maduro. 05/01/2026
Tech News CES 2026: All the latest from world's biggest tech show Artificial intelligence (AI) will be embedded in nearly everything, and a whole host of laptops. Here's what we might expect from CES 2026 as tech companies drop hints. 04/01/2026
USA Maduro wishes US agents 'good night' and 'Happy New Year' Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken from their home in Venezuela's capital city Caracas in a dramatic nighttime US military operation. 04/01/2026
USA Captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela's capital city of Caracas. 04/01/2026
USA Cuba is something we'll end up talking about, says Trump US President Donald Trump suggested that Cuba could become a new focus of his administration’s foreign policy, calling the country a “failing nation” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled a tougher stance toward Havana. 03/01/2026
USA Trump admin short on details after asserting it will 'run' Venezuela In an operation that stunned observers around the world, US forces arrested Venezuela’s president and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York where they will face criminal charges. 03/01/2026
Space SpaceX to lower thousands of Starlink satellites in 2026 Bringing the satellites down will reduce the risk of collisions between satellites, the company said. 03/01/2026
Business BYD sales pull ahead as Tesla stumbles on sales and politics Tesla’s early dominance of the electric car market is being challenged as China’s BYD posts record sales and wins over European consumers with lower prices. 02/01/2026
Travel News Hawaii climate cruise ship tax temporarily halted The levies aim to boost funds for protecting Hawaii's nature and environment. 02/01/2026
Business Denmark’s Ørsted files legal challenge to Trump’s wind project block The move comes after the US government suspended leases on all large US offshore wind projects in December. 02/01/2026
USA Trump in 2026: Leader of the free world or lame duck president? An unequal economy, rising unpopularity and visible cracks in the Republican coalition: the first year of Donald Trump's second term in office ended with the president on the defensive domestically. With the midterm elections approaching, can Trump hold his grip on power? 02/01/2026
Culture news Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter found dead at San Francisco hotel Victoria Kafka Jones was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services were called to the Fairmont Hotel in the early hours of the morning. 02/01/2026
USA Zohran Mamdani vows to 'reinvent' New York in first speech as mayor Mamdani pledges to reel in a new era of New York in his first speech as mayor, vowing to govern “expansively and audaciously” to fulfil campaign promises and improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers “abandoned” by previous administrations. 02/01/2026
Markets A respite for sofas and spaghetti: Trump eases and delays tariffs Planned tariff hikes on imported furniture are pushed back a year, while punishing tariffs on Italian pasta are scaled down after months of negotiations. 01/01/2026
Business Warren Buffett, ‘Oracle of Omaha,’ retires after 60 years in business Warren Buffett’s departure as CEO marks the end of an era at Berkshire Hathaway for the business 'sage' whose unpretentious approach reshaped modern investing. 01/01/2026
Tech News Meta to acquire AI startup Manus in deal valued at over $2 billion The acquisition comes as Mark Zuckerberg intensifies Meta’s push to compete with rivals such as Google and OpenAI. 31/12/2025
Culture news Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of 'The Wire' and 'Veep', dies aged 71 A long-time collaborator of director Spike Lee and star of prestige series 'The Wire', Isiah Whitlock Jr. passed away following a short illness. 31/12/2025